Till The End Of Time [Inuyasha Fanfiction ]
Chapter 2's

"Basically the child does not know himself!" akiko shouted with anger. His blue eyes had turned blood red as anger stared intently at Shura.

Shura just lowered her head down and quietly mute. He could have guessed all this, scolded his mother for wasting and hiding from her nanny.

This is actually something that is very common. Her mother never loved her, she knew it. To Akiko, Shura is just a pawn to achieve what she wants, which is to be the legal partner of her father, the ruler of the western lands. Actually, his mother's wish was a very funny thing. Akiko is the woman who gave birth to Shura, the heir to the western lands. However, he was not the legal partner of his father. His mother had no sign symbolizing the title, Akiko was just a concubine in the western court.

His father had no legal partner. Shura knew, Her father did not love her Mother. In his life, he never saw his father enter his Mother's room at night. To him, Akiko is nothing more than a tool to produce successors.

His father, Sesshoumaru, the ruler of the west was a true youkai who was strong and heartless. Cold and cruel, knowing no forgiveness and being feared. A creature like his father would not be able to love. And it was also him later, he who is a true youkai like his father would certainly also become like him— would never love and need not be loved.

Of love? Does he love his mother? No. gabe. Even though she was the woman who gave birth to him, she did not love him. The attitude of greedy, greedy, full of independence makes him often wonder, why such a creature is his Mother? Then, his father, does he love him? Shura doesn't know. All he knows is that he fears, admires and respects her.

Seeing Shura who did not reply, anger filled Akiko's heart. His right hand was then raised upwards, with a strong and rough, he slapped the western land heir.

Shura remained unmoved. The pain was on his left cheek, but he refused to show it. Slowly, he then raised his head to look at his mother.

Akiko could only be stunned looking into Shura's eyes. The golden eyes that were staring at him did not look at all like the eyes of an eight-year-old youkai child. Those eyes were very cold.The eyes were the same eyes as his father's eyes, the eyes of the inuyokai ruler of the western lands.

"Get out of my room right now." Akiko's orders later. He did not want to see those eyes, because there was fear that struck his heart now.

Shura did not return a word, she was indeed similar to her poor father of words and expressions. Slowly, she turned around and walked out of Akiko's room towards her own room.

Her room was located not far from her Mother's room, and upon entering her room, she immediately ordered the servants and nannies present to leave her alone. They did seem to hesitate the first time, but when they saw his eyes were so cold, they immediately came out.

After all the servants and caretakers, Shura immediately threw her body on her futon. His feeling was hollow, he could not feel anything now. Slowly, he then raised his head gazing at the night sky through his open bedroom window, staring at the huge full moon that dotted the night sky. The atmosphere was so silent, there was not the slightest sound, there was only silence. But, indeed this is the atmosphere of the western land palace—sunyi, silent and cold.

There was a sudden impulse in Shura's heart, which made her unable to think with a cold head. In his heart, the desire to see the painting appeared and was completely unstoppable. He wanted to see that face, he wanted to see that smile again.

Without wasting any time, Shura immediately stood up and ran jumping out of her room through the window. By dodging the soldiers present, he stealthily headed towards the forbidden eastern pavilion.

Shura passed through the flower garden again. In the night of the full moon so bright, the park looks more beautiful. However, he did not stop for a moment to enjoy the beauty that existed, because he knew, there was something more beautiful than that all—smiling the human girl was more beautiful.

Shura's run stopped immediately as she had arrived in front of the painting room. Slowly, he opened the existing shoji door and walked in. Moonlight that enters through the open window of the room, making it able to see around well. His footsteps were very slow, but also full of confidence as he approached the painting, as well as his golden eyes, focused only on the painting covered in white cloth, as if that was the only thing he could see.

His hand quietly and carefully then pulled down the white cloth that was there as he arrived in front of the painting, and he held his breath as the white cloth fell down, falling down, showing the painting of the human girl again.

In the abundance of moonlight, the girl's smile looks more dazzling—the always warm and pleasant spring smile.

His heart was pounding very quickly, his breathing was as if stifled. Warmth, serenity and peace filled his heart, and in the deepest corner of his heart, he could feel a new feeling emerging; a feeling of joy and longing.

Shura's feet then stepped back two steps. Slowly without even turning her eyes, she sat on the tatami, facing the painting of the girl. He doesn't understand. Why could he feel something like that? How could a painting of a human make him feel all those feelings? Wh why?

As if hypnotizing her, Shura knew, she could sit all night in this room staring at the painting. The human girl in this painting had managed to grab his entire attention.

"Who? Who are....." Mumbled slowly.

Shura's murmuring was so slow. However, the golden-eyed youkai was identical to the heirs of the western lands who had observed it since opening the cloth covering of the painting could hear it clearly. She knew, Shura would not be aware of her existence that was in front of the open door of the room right now, because, definitely the same as her, her attention had been snatched away by the girl's spring smile in the painting.

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